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Bambos Charalambous vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,040 different votes 1,081 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
24 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 97 shared votes
53 Aye 44 No
86 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 141 shared votes
50 Aye 91 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
23
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API